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To Althea, From Prison Quiz

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1 What kind of poetry is Lovelace associated with?

Anachronistic

Cavalier

Shakespearean

Romantic
2 Which of the following is NOT a natural symbol in the poem?

Wind

Wolves

Fish

Birds
3 Why was Lovelace imprisoned?

For insulting the king

For becoming a Catholic

For failure to pay his debts

For supporting the Royalist case
4 Who of the following was not a Cavalier poet?

Thomas Carew

John Suckling

Alexander Pope

Robert Herrick
5 Lovelace gave what to the House of Commons?

A threat

A debt

An ultimatum

A petition
6 Who is "Love" in the poem?

Cupid

Althea

The King

Anacreon
7 What is a "committed linnet"?

A principled royalist

A type of dress

A caged bird

A warrior faction
8 The poem's main message can be seen as an example of

Classicism

Puritanism

Existentialism

Stoicism
9 Stanza 3 has a scene showing a

Execution

Orgy

Parliamentary meeting

Symposium
10 Which writer was a major influence on Lovelace and his peers?

Alexander Pope

Oliver Cromwell

William Shakespeare

Ben Jonson
11 To "wanton" means to

To desire

To esacpe

To eat

To play
12 Who brings Althea to the speaker?

Cupid

The King

A finch

God
13 Which is NOT personified in the poem?

Wind

Fish

Bars

Linnets
14 The speaker sees love as a form of

Divinity

Imprisonment

Doom

Torture
15 The monarch referred to in the poem is

Queen Elizabeth I

King James

King Charles I

King George
16 Where did Lovelace go after being released on bail?

London and Canterbury

France and Spain

Holland and France

Scotland and Ireland
17 Lovelace's first poetry collection was called

Althea

Finches

Lucasta

Sacheverell
18 Lovelace was inspired by which Ancient Greek poet?

Alcibiades

Homer

Sappho

Anacreon
19 What does "to tipple" mean?

To fly

To drown

To tip over

To drink
20 The speaker describes his voice as _____ than a finch

Baser

Lower

Uglier

Shriller
21 To the speaker, Althea's eyes are a

Fetter

Cup

Rope

Beacon
22 Cavalier poets often wrote ____ poetry

Imagist

Religious

Angry

Pastoral
23 The lines “shriller throat shall sing / The sweetness” are an example of

Personification

Allegory

Alliteration

Assonance
24 What happened to King Charles I?

Exiled

Elected

Executed

Drowned
25 One of Lovelace's most famous poems is about a

Butterfly

Grasshopper

Snake

Ant

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